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 VATICAN CITY (AP) - President Bush and two of his White House predecessors knelt in silent tribute Wednesday before Pope John II's body in St. Peter's Basilica.
The three made a beeline for the Vatican in their motorcade after an eight-hour flight from Washington. They are leading a U.S. delegation that also includes first lady Laura Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice here for the pope's funeral Friday.
The American party took its place at a wooden railing on one side of John Paul's bier, as hundreds of mourners filed by on the other side. The line was briefly stopped on the side of the U.S. visitors.
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